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W. H..V ELLIOT. Magazine Fire Arm.

Patented April 5,1881. .Z

N. PETERS. PNOTO-L1|HOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. ELLIOT,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MAGAZINE FIRE-ARM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,748, dated April 5, 1881.. Application filed October 23, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WM. H. ELLIOT, of the city and State ofv New York, have invented a new and Improved Magazine Fire-Arm, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a more convenient, simpler, and more practical magazine fire-arm than anjT now in use; and the nature of my invention consists in the use of certain appliances and methods, which are fully set 'forth in the following specification and claims.

Figure l is. a vertical longitudinal section ofthe arm, showing the lock and breech block or bolt in elevation. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the rear end of the magazine-tube. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the principal parts of the breech mechanism. Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are elevations of the forward end of the bolt and toggle-joint, showing several modifications of the same. Fig. 1() is a plan of the sliding stoppawl, showing its relation to the receiver and magazine. Fig. 1l represents the opening through the side of the receiver and sections of the button which controls the feed or stop pawl. Fig. 1:3 is a bottom view of the button. Fig. 13 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 14. is an elevation of a portion of the lock. Fig. 15 is a plan of the lever, toggle-joint, and carrier. Figs. 16 and 17 represent modifications of the same. f

ais the receiver; c', the barrel a, chamber of the barrel with a cartridge in it; b, magazine-tube; b', follower; b, magazine-spring;

11', offset in the rear end of the magazinettube,

having in ita cartridge-head, am; o, breech block or bolt; cl, pendent projection of the same; c, joint between the same and the forward link of the toggle-joint; c, recess in the upper side of the links of the toggle-joint d, hammer; d', pivot of the same; d, mainspring and stirrup e, carrier, swinging upon pivot g" c', ratchet-projection on the carrier; e, pawl which acts upon the ratchet e', being pivoted to the rear or connecting link of the toggle-joint at l; 6"', bar through which the projection c"trips the pawl 6"; g, guard-lever; g', rear or connecting link of the toggle-joint which connects the lever with the receiver;

g", joint between the two links of the togglev ljoint; g", pivot which joins the rear end of connecting-link g to the receiver; i', mortise through the rear portion ot' the guard-lever for the trigger; i, rear surface of the same; 7c, charge-opening of the magazine; lo', cover of the same; k, wide part of the opening; m, sliding feed-pawl; on', button 'which controls the same; m, screw which fastens the button to the pawl m; m", angular projections into the opening n iu the side of the receiver; a', section of button m; n, the same in the forward position a", the same in the rear position o, o', o, and 0', positions of the thumb and lingers while manipulating the arm; r, cover of the receiving-chamber; r', carrierspring; fr, spring of pawl 6"; r", shoulder formed by the offset bm; s, trigger; s', projection from the lower end of the same; s, opening in the guard for projection 8; 8', 'pivot of the trigger s t, tang-strap; t', triggerspring; t, offset in the carrier; t", braces; u, friction-catch; u', spring ofthe same.

kind of magazine-arm in which the breechblock has a reciprocal movement in a line with the barrel for opening and closing the chamthe breech-block by means of a single togglejoint, which has its forward link extended rearward under the arm to form a lever, and is an improvement upon the arms patented to me May 13, 1862, and September 14, 1880, to which patents specialreference is made.

The arm in its closed position is shown in Fig. 1, and in Fig. 4 the principal devices ot' the breech mechanism are shown in their relative position when the arm is open.,

For a magazine vided with the usual cartridge-propelling devices, and located under the barrel.

To charge the magazine, open the cover lo and move the feed-pawl forward by means of the button m', which projects through the side of the receiver, as seen in Figs. 1() and 11. `'lhen give the button a quarter-turn, which locks the pawl in its forward position. By this means the follower or cartridges, if there be any in the magazine, are moved far enough forward to admit the insertion of the ball end of a cartridge through the opening k and be.- hind the head of the rear cartridge in the The invention herein described refers to that ber, and in which said movement is given to I employ a single tube pro IOO magazine. The cartridge is thenY pushed forward and its head ldropped down in front of the feed-pawl, as shown in Fig. l0. This operation may be repeated till the magazine is full.. If the magazine be not required for immediate use, the fecd-pawl has to bc left locked vin its forward position bythe button, as seen at n, Fig. 11. If it be required forimmediate use, the feed-pawl has to be released from its forward position, which is done by turning the button to the position indicated at n', when, by the power of the magazine-spring, it will be forced back to the rear, where it may be locked as it was in the forward position by giving the button a quarter-turn, as set fort-h in the last above-mentioned patent.

By reference to Fig. 3 it may be seen that there is an offset in the magazine-tube equal sus in extent to the projection of the head of the cartridge over the body of the same. Through this offset the body of the cartridge passes in a right line; but the head ofthe cartridge, having` a diameter nearly equal to the bore ofthe magazine-tube, rst comes against the unyielding shoulder r", then makes a slightlateral movement into the offset portion of the tube, when it continues its forward movement and is delivered upon the carrier. The shoulder r is not cut at right angles to the tube, but is beveled, so that when the head of the cartridge strikes'it,v it glides into the oifset portion of the tube without stopping its forward movement. When the last cartridge has been expelled from the magazine .the follower has its forward movement arrested by the stop or shoulder r, and, as it has a long bearing upon the inner surface of the magazine-tube, it cannot pass laterally into the offset. By the ernployment of this offset for stopping the. follower I am able to use a magazine-tube ot' reduced size, as the follower, as a means of stopping it, is not required to be larger in diameter than the cartridge-hea( The operation of the offset upon the follower andl cartridge` head is the same whether the cartridge be presented to it ball first or head rst.

By reference to Fig. 2 it may be seen that the chargeopening k is only wide enough at the point 7c to allow the head ofthe cartridge to pass into the magazine-tube, while the forward part of said opening only admits the body of the cartridge. As the cartridge is being inserted the head slides along upon the ,edges of the opening till it reaches the point 7c", when it drops into the tube just forward of the feed-pawl, when that device is locked in its forward position. The follower having a cylindrical form to tthe bore of the tube, and being considerably more than half surrounded by the tube at all points of the charge-opening except at the point c,.it cannot by any means be got out ofthe magazine through the charge-opening, while at the same time the ,A charge opening will admit freely a cartridge o having a head of equal diameter with the follower. By thc employment of this form of charge-opening in connection with the offset Y for.

bf, I am enabled to use a follower of equal diameter with the cartridge-head, and consequently a smaller .and a more compact magazine.

rlhe opening at through the side of the receiver is just wide enough for the flattened neck of the button to slide back and forth in but it has a circular enlargement at cach end to allow the button to be rotated a quarterturn for the purposelof locking the feed-pawl. To prevent the button from being carelessly turned too far I employ the angular projections min each circularenlargement, as shown In manipulating the feed-p'awl the neck of the button readily passes from the narrow part of the opening into the circular enlargements, as seen at WQwhere it may be turned till it comes in contact with the angu lar projections or stops, as seen at a. These angular projections m" are a portion ofthe material of the receiver not cut away in forming the enlargement at each end of the opening. Thus it m(y be seen that the rotating and sliding button m', by means of its flattened neck, is securely locked at each end of its sliding movement, and, in connection with the projections m, is stopped in its rotary movement. To reserve the magazine it is only necessary to lock the feed-pawl in its forward position, when it is out of the reach of that portion of the guard-lever which actuates it when locked in the rear position, as seen in Fig. l0.

By reference to Figs. l., 4, and 14 it may be seen that the trigger is pivoted to the tang strap, and that the guardlever has amortise, t, through it, over the rear portion ofthe guard, so arranged that when the guard-leveris closed up against the receiver the trigger passesinto said lnortise and assumes a proper positionin relation to the gua-rd. Opening the arm brings the hammer to full-cock, and while in that position, the point of the trigger being inthe full-cock notch, the act of closing the arm causes the projections on the lower end of the trigger to slide down upon the surface i of said mortise, an'd thus prevent the lock from being pulled off by accident at any time after the trigger enters the mortise and before the guard-lever is broughtfully to its place against the tangstrap. '.After the lever has been brought home apull upon the trigger to lire the arm causes the projection s on the trigger to enter the recess vs in the guard, and thus to act as a hook to hold the guard-lever in place at the moment the arm is tired. In this way the accident of blowing the guard-lever4 down by an unusual escape of gas, or of ring the arm by accident before the parts are in a proper position to resist the recoil, is provided The full-cock notch must be enough higher than the safety-notch to leave room for the trigger to be pulled out of the safety-notch at any time, while yet the action of projection s upon the surface fi will prevent the lock from being cocked or the arm fired before the parts are in a safe position.

By reference to Figs. l, 4, and 16 it may be XOO yseen that the carrier e and the connecting-link g are both joined to the receiver by the pivot g'", and that both links of the toggle-joint are recessed on the upper side to make room for the carrier. This recess, with the carrier in it, is shown in Fig. 16. By this method of making room for the carrier it becomes practicable to place that device directly over the toggle-joint, and between it and the breech-block, without increasing the depth of the receiver for that purpose. The carrierisprovidedwith a ratchet-projection, e', which is acted upon by the pawl e, the latter device being pivoted to the connecting-link at i and provided with a spring, r. In opening the arm, as the link and lever change from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 4, the pawl e, swinging with the connecting-link, comes in contact with the ratchet-projection e and depresses the carrier against the spring r. At the moment the carrier has been depressed sufticiently to receive a cartridge upon its upper surface from the magazine the rear corner ot the projection c' comes against the end of the bar 6. This raises the pawl e andliberates the carrier, which is immediately elevated to the position indicated by broken lines, Fig. 4, by the spring r carrying the cartridge up before the breech-block. The connecting-link is peculiarly Iadapted to operate the carrier, as its movement is comparatively slow when the pawl c first meets the ratchet c', and gradually becomes slower till the pawl is tripped, so that when the arm is manipulated rapidly the carrier operates without violence and almost noiselessly.

By reference to Figs. 1, 5, and 16 it may be seen that the dependent projection c is bifurcated, and that the carrier works through the center ot' it. In Fig. 1 one side ot' the projection is broken away to show the carrier.

Fig. 6 is a modication ot' the same general construction of parts that is shown in Fig. 16, except that the projection c is not bifurcated, but drops down upon one side of the carrier. In this case the links are provided with recesses for the carrier, the saine as shown in Fig. 16, the recesses being moved a little to one side, so as to agree in arrangement with the forward end of the carrier. By this construction the carrier does not act directly under the center of the cartridge, but a little at one side, which causes the cartridge to rest lightly against one side of the receiver as it is raised, and prevents' it from being thrown upward beyond the limit of the upward movement of the carrier.

Figs. 7, 9, and 17 represent a moditication ot' the same combination ot devices. In this case the links are not recessed, the carrier being located 'at the side of the toggle-joint and having an oi'set, t, the spring r' acting laterally as well as vertically upon the carrier. When the breechblock is drawn back the carrier is thrown to a central position by the spring, where it remains to do itswork until the arm is closed, when the projection e crowds it to one side, as shown in Fig. 17. In Fig. 9 the joint c" is reversed, the central portion ot the joint being formed upon the t'orward end ofthe lever,while the outer portions are formed by dividing or recessing the projection c'.

Figs. 8 and l'represent two independent carriers, one upon each side ot' the toggle-joint and dependent projection. These carriers are both operated by a pawl,e,which 'has a point wide'enough to reach them both. This pawl is so constructed that one ot' the carriers is released a little bet'ore the other, which has the effect ot' retarding the upward movement of the cartridge by throwing it laterally against the side of the receiver. These carriers are each provided with a suitable spring, and also with a brace, 15"', to keep them inplace. In any case the pawl e" has to be pivoted to the connecting-link g directly under the c:arrier. If the carrier works in a recess in the connecting-link, then the pawl has to be placed in the same recess.

The carrier in any ot' the modiications represented may be pivoted to the receiver independently ot' the pivots ot' the connecting-link, and may be operated by a cam on said link; but the method herein shown for operating the carrier is preferable.

It will be observed that the carrier is depressed and released to rise again during the backward movement ot the breech-block, so that the cartridge is sure to be carried to a position bet'ore the chamber ot' the barrel by the carrier and spring bet'ore the movement of the breech-block can be reversed.

The lettersu o o', Src., indicate the position ot' the thumb and tingers while manipulating the arm with the magazine connected. The second tinger rests at all times upon the guard at` o. In opening and closing the arm the thumb takes the position of o and the first finger that ot' o", whereby the pressure ot' the thumb and first finger tends to carry the` for' i ward end ot' the lever backward, as well as to carry the rear end ot the lever forward, which makes the manipulation of the parts easier than it would be by the pressure ot' the thumb alone. In tiring the arm with the rst finger on the trigger, the thumb takes the position of 0 across the wrist. As the second finger never leaves the point o, the relative positions of the several points to the hand are never lost, which facilitates sure and rapid movements of the hand.

Having described my invention, what I desire to have secured to me by Letters Patent ot the United States is-'- 1. In a magazine fire-arm having a magazine located under the barrel and a feed-paw] controlled by a sliding and rotating button provided with a flattened neck, which works in a slot in the side of the receiver, and in combination therewith, the stops mf projecting into the enlarged ends of said slot, whereby the feed-pawl is locked at each end of its IOO IIS

15 which moves in aline 1o the magazine, while a follower ofthe saine diameter as the head of the cartridge is ett'ect- -nally stopped, substantially as specified. In Ymagazine lire-arm having a breech- .block for opening and closing the chamber with the barrel and is manipulated by means ot' a toggle-joii'it, and a guard-lever having the mortise z" and recess s, and in combination therewith a trigger pivoted to a fixed point upon the arm and provided with the projections', whereby the gua-rdlever is locked in position arm is fired, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a magazine fire-arm, a breech-block for closing the chamber which moves in aline with the barrel and is manipula-ted by means of a toggle-joi nt and lever of the kind described, and in combination therewith a carrier pivoted to the receiver, with the connecting-link at g, Ythe pawl e pivoted Vto the link g" and actuated by the projection c through the bar e', substantially as and for the purpose specified.

, WM. H. ELLIOT. Witnesses:

LoUIs E. MOORE, GEO. D. RICHARDSON.

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